GUATEMALA CITY - Four Guatemalan mothers left the May 5 on a hunger strike that began eight days ago to find his daughters, who were stolen in 2006 to be given up for adoption, after the authorities undertook to help them.

Norma Cruz, director of the Survivor Foundation, an organization that assists and counsels women victims of violence, said it decided to stop fasting after the National Adoption Council announces that on Friday, May 9, will respond to their demands .

Cruz said that the fact they took the four mothers was not in vain, because at least they had information about the suspected whereabouts of two girls. This is Heidi Saria Batz , kidnapped on April 4, 2006 and who was adopted by Americans. Now, according to his mother, Raquel Par, would be called Kimberly.

Also Angielyn Lisset Hernandez, kidnapped on November 3, 2006, and according to his mother, Loyda Rodriguez, was given up for adoption to a couple of Americans who have called Dulce María, but has not yet emerged from Guatemala.

"I'm happy but I can not thrilled. Today I saw the picture in the National Council for Adoptions (CNA) and I think it is my daughter," said Loyda, accompanied by her husband, Dain Hernandez, both 23 years.

Cruz said that "it was a tough weeks that gave their performance because there was a lot of solidarity and became aware of the processes of illegal adoption."

The ANC has undertaken to provide answers to the four cases, no later than Friday and review the cases of adoptions, said the activist.

Last December, Parliament passed an Act of Guatemalan adoption
tions, which created the National Council for Adoption, a multisectoral body to be responsible for ensuring the legality of these processes.

According to the Attorney General's Office (PGN), Guatemala in 2007 gave more than 5100 children in adoption and in 2006, 4496, 10 percent more than in 2005. 98 per cent of children were adopted by foreigners and it is estimated that of these, 95 percent were by U.S. couples.

Original in Spanish
Madres dejan huelga de hambre con esperanzas de encontrar a sus hijas robadas